Les marchés d' actions européens attendus près de balance. The EuroStoxx 50 opens at 4,915.94 points (-0.41%), the CAC 40 at 7,609.15 points (-0.69%), the DAX 40 at 18,155.24 points (-0.69%), the DAX 40 at 18,155.24 points (-0.12%), and the FTSE 100 at 8,225.33 points (-0.27%), and the SM100 I at 12,015.72 points (-0.58%), the AEX at 923.13 points (-0.38%), the BEL 20 at 3,915.33 points (-1.11%), the IBEX 35 at 11,030.50 points (-0.58%), the DJIA at 39,127.80 points (-1.11%), the IBEX 35 at 11,030.50 points (-0.80%), the DJIA at 39,127.80 points (+0.04%), the Nasdaq at 17,805.16 points (+0.49%), the S&P 500 at 5,477.90 points (+0.16%), and the Nikkei 225 at 39,299.57 points (-0.93%

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, EUR/USD is 1.0694 (+0.12%), EUR/JPY at 171.49 (-0.16%), and USD/JPY at 160.37 (-0.28%).

This Wednesday, the manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients Euroapi detailed its Focus-27 operational roadmap aimed at improving its competitiveness, which will involve reducing its costs and refocusing on its most profitable productions. The former subsidiary of the pharmaceutical laboratory Sanofi plans to generate 75 million to 80 million euros in additional “Core Ebitda” per year, by the end of 2027

In a context of rising global bond yields, European equity markets are expected to be hesitant to open on Thursday, while traders continue to watch for possible intervention by Japanese authorities on the yen. At around 7:30am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 7.3 points, or 0.1%, according to data from broker IG. The one on the DAX 40 fell by 6.7 points and the one on the FTSE 100 lost 11.2 points, or 0.1%.
Investors will be attentive to the announcement of the monetary policy decision by Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, on Thursday. In addition, weekly unemployment benefit registrations, May durable goods orders, the third estimate of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter, as well as promises of home sales for May are expected in the United States. The New York Stock Exchange closed higher on Wednesday, driven by a further increase in technology stocks. The online distribution and cloud giant Amazon (+3.9%) has crossed the 2,000 billion dollar mark in market capitalization for the first time in its history, joining Apple (+2%), Microsoft (+0.3%), Nvidia (+0.3%), Nvidia (0.3%), Nvidia (0.3%) and Alphabet (-0.1%) in this very closed club. The Federal Reserve published on Wednesday evening the results of its tests of the financial strength of the largest American companies, which showed that they would be in a position to continue to finance businesses and individuals in the event of a severe recession.

Asian equity markets were trading in negative territory on Thursday. The Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.9% at the end of the session. The Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange lost 2% and the Shanghai Composite dropped

After rising sharply overnight, US Treasury bond yields are flat this morning. According to ING, this development is difficult to explain, given the lack of macroeconomic data and the absence of significant comments from American central bankers. ING believes that this increase could be due to profit-taking before the PCE index, the Fed's preferred measure for inflation, was published on Friday. The comments made by Fed officials over the past few days showed overall that they wanted to see more signs of a slowdown in inflation before starting to cut interest rates from their current level of 5.25% to 5.50%, the highest in 23 years. The two-year security yield was unchanged at 4.758%. Around 7:10 a.m., the US Treasury bond rate was stable at 4.335%

Like the greenback, the euro appreciated this morning against the dollar but fell sharply against the yen. According to remarks reported by local media, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said that sudden, unidirectional fluctuations in the yen were not desirable and that the authorities would act if necessary. It indicates that the authorities are very concerned about the impact of the depreciation of the yen on the economy and are monitoring currency movements with

Oil futures fell this morning. According to ANZ, the volatility of the equity markets has led to erratic movements in the oil markets, while the appreciation of the dollar has reinforced the oil effects.

Around 7 am, the August contract for North Sea Brent lost 18 cents, to 85.07 dollars per barrel, while the contract of the same maturity on light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 21 cents, at 80.69 dollars per barrel.